OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : foomatic (OVMSA-2016-0040)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90139

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- Also consider back tick and semicolon as illegal shell escape characters.

- CVE-2015-8327, (CVE-2015-8560)

- Prevent foomatic-rip overrun (bug #1214534).

Solution

Update the affected foomatic package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca36b0ae

http://www.nessus.org/u?3fc148a1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90139

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0040.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Published: 3/24/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:foomatic, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2964, CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560

BID: 48674